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System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. NCache vs. OpenQM vs. Valentina Server

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Name

Description

Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java

also known as HSQLDB

Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store

QpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS

Object-relational database and reports server

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Document store
Search engine

Using distributed Lucene

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Trend Chart

Score	3.23
Rank	#93	Overall
	#48	Relational DBMS

Score	0.96
Rank	#195	Overall
	#29	Key-value stores

Score	0.34
Rank	#284	Overall
	#10	Multivalue DBMS

Score	0.21
Rank	#325	Overall
	#144	Relational DBMS

Website

hsqldb.org

www.alachisoft.com/ncache

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-open-qm

www.valentina-db.net

Technical documentation

hsqldb.org/web/hsqlDocsFrame.html

www.alachisoft.com/resources/docs

valentina-db.com/docs/dokuwiki/v5/doku.php

Developer

Alachisoft

Rocket Software, originally Martin Phillips

Paradigma Software

Initial release

2001

2005

1993

1999

Current release

2.7.2, June 2023

5.3.3, April 2024

3.4-12

5.7.5

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

based on BSD license

Open Source

Enterprise Edition available

Open Source

GPLv2, extended commercial license available

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

Embedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modes

Linux
Windows

AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

yes

with some exceptions

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

partial

Supported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

SQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.

yes

APIs and other access methods

HTTP API

JDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC

IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API

ODBC

Supported programming languages

All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java

.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala

.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python

.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Java, SQL

support for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR

yes

Triggers

yes

Notifications

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

yes

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes, with selectable consistency level

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

optimistic locking and pessimistic locking

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

Authentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

More information provided by the system vendor

Specific characteristics

NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantages

NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenarios

NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customers

Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metrics

Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing models

NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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